Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Since 2010, the CNRS does not launch national campaign to recruit post-doctoral fellowships.
Candidates with completed PhD’s can, however, apply at any time during the year for fixed-term researcher positions. These positions are for specific projects, and can be in any field. They are one-year contracts, renewable.
Candidates can either apply to open positions listed according to relevant research institute (see Open positions links below), or they can contact laboratories working in a relevant research field directly (to do this, refer to “How to find a CNRS lab”, which will assist you in searching the (French) CNRS lab database)—the database entry for the lab will include the name of the director and contact information. Labs may or may not have the funding necessary to hire for short-term positions, as this will depend on what grants they were awarded and what specific projects are underway. Candidates should plan on contacting several labs in the relevant area of research.
